2017-2018 MAINSTAGE SEASON THE IN THE MOUNTAINTOP BY KATORI HALL MMUSICUSIC && LYRICSLYRICS BBYY LLIN-IN-MMANUELANUEL MMIRANDAIRANDA BOOKBOOK BBYY QUIARAQUIARA AALEGRIALEGRIA HHUDESUDES CCONCEIVEDONCEIVED BBYY LLIN-IN-MMANUELANUEL MMIRANDAIRANDA From the creator of Hamilton comes this captivating After giving a prophetic speech during the Memphis story about a vibrant Latino community in New York’s sanitation workers’ strike, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returns Washington Heights neighborhood, where the corner to his hotel room. He orders coffee from room service that bodega serves the sweetest coffee, the hair salon is gossip is delivered by a mysterious woman with a much greater central, and the residents chase the American dream while mission. With vivid theatrical imagination and powerful, clinging to their roots. This high energy, multi-Tony Award- often humorous dialogue, the playwright fictionalizes the winning musical pulsates with a spirited hip-hop beat and last night of Dr. King’s life and gives us a window into his scorching Latin-infused rhythms. hopes, vulnerabilities, and fears. IN THE HEIGHTS is presented through special arrangement THE MOUNTAINTOP is presented by special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com. with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. OCTOBEr 11–NOVEMBER 18, 2017 JANUARy 10–FEBruARY 18, 2018 WORLD PREMIERE LadyatDay EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL BY LANIE ROBERTSON starring Melba Moore A NEW MUSICAL REVUE CREATED & ADAPTED BY NATE JACOBS It’s 1959 and legendary musical performer Billie Holiday appears in a small Philadelphia bar for one of her final performances. Audiences get more than expected. She As the 1960s Civil Rights movement unfolded, black music sings a dozen of her beloved classics, like “God Bless the evolved from the controlled Motown performances to fiery Child,” “Strange Fruit,” and “What a Little Moonlight Can cross rhythms sound—a little gospel, a lot of soul. Do,” and interlaces them with salty, sometimes funny, The passionate soloists, such as James Brown, Otis stories that reveal a riveting portrait of one of the greatest Redding and Sam Cooke, added energetic movements and jazz/blues vocalists of all time. unique vocalizations that inspired many future performers. Soul Man will feature some of the WBTT’s most popular “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. male performers. FEBRUARy 28–APRIL 8, 2018 APRil 18–MAY 26, 2018 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND | HOLIDAY ADD-ON A Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with this festive holiday revue. It’s the perfect blend of traditional Christmas carols paired with the soulful sounds from such Motown celebrities as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, and The Jackson 5. MOTOWN WBTT’s dazzling signature style makes this the most memorable and fun Christmas treat of the season for the entire family! CHRISTMAS A Motown Christmas is not included as part of our subscription series. CREATEDCREATED & ADAPTED& ADAPTED B BYY NATE NATE JACO JACOBS BS noveMBEr 29–dECEMBER 23, 2017.